EPL: Arsenal v Norwich City - 30/4/16, 17:30

[grim_tales1]

"Are you happy with 4th, fam? I'm not happy with that, blud, this man should have gone years ago blud"

Er, what? :confused:

Though I do agree with his general point there. What does "fam" even mean?

 

[SA Gunner]

"Are you happy with 4th, fam? I'm not happy with that, blud, this man should have gone years ago blud"

Er, what? :confused:

Though I do agree with his general point there. What does "fam" even mean?

Short for family.

By the way, where does that dude come from exactly?

 

[Enfield]

While we are already on it, what's blud
Is that even what he is saying, can't understand any of those ****s

Also did everyone else notice how obviously pissed off Özil was yesterday. The guy is sick of passing it around to guys who control it further than they can kick it

 

[Tourbillion]

I'm astonished by the amount of Sanchez bashing...

 

[redanddread]

Thats the guy in his avi?

It's actually Ernst Happel the great Austrian coach. my mistake

He was the first of the five managers to have won the European Cup with 2 different clubs, Carlo Ancelotti, Ottmar Hitzfeld, José Mourinho andJupp Heynckes being the other four.

 

[Lancelot]

Wenger doesn't like being told what to do by anyone. The relationship with Rvp broke down long before his statement over signings. If Alexis is having similar conversations then I'd hazard an educated guess this was Wenger showing his authority.

It will be interesting to see Wenger's starting line-up and his usual 70th-minute mark substitutions in the remaining games, methinks.

Alexis obviously gave his gaffer the cold shoulder just before he hit the tunnel and I'm quite certain he was very upset that he was subbed off instead of Giroud who was simply our poorest attacking players on the field at the time.

Despite the talk of unity, Wenger was unhappy with Özil's 'we've mucked up' comment; now we have this. Both players are clearly not enjoying it here at the moment and, in my opinion, their respective situations are being handled badly by Wenger.

 

[Makingtrax]

It will be interesting to see Wenger's starting line-up and his usual 70th-minute mark substitutions in the remaining games, methinks.

Alexis obviously gave his gaffer the cold shoulder just before he hit the tunnel and I'm quite certain he was very upset that he was subbed off instead of Giroud who was simply our poorest attacking players on the field at the time.

Despite the talk of unity, Wenger was unhappy with Özil's 'we've mucked up' comment; now we have this. Both players are clearly not enjoying it here at the moment and, in my opinion, their respective situations are being handled badly by Wenger.

Souness is always saying that things are too cosy amongst the Arsenal players. The theory being that a bit for more falling out and feisty challenging for places breeds more determination.

 

[US_Gooner]

Souness is always saying that things are too cosy amongst the Arsenal players. The theory being that a bit for more falling out and feisty challenging for places breeds more determination.

Your theory being that Alexis should try to be as dire as Giroud?

 

[Lancelot]

Souness is always saying that things are too cosy amongst the Arsenal players. The theory being that a bit for more falling out and feisty challenging for places breeds more determination.

Personally, I'm all for fierce competition within our squad, mate, but not mismanagement of the players. Recently against Watford, for example, Campbell had an assist while Walcott had a goal, yet we had Giroud starting for the past 3 matches after Welbeck's form had dropped off a bit.

To some extent the same can be said of Ramsey decision ahead of Coquelin, in my opinion.

 

[James Bond]

Souness is always saying that things are too cosy amongst the Arsenal players. The theory being that a bit for more falling out and feisty challenging for places breeds more determination.

Yet Giroud and Ramsey walk into the team when fit and stay on the pitch regardless of how **** they've been playing

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Souness is always saying that things are too cosy amongst the Arsenal players. The theory being that a bit for more falling out and feisty challenging for places breeds more determination.

There is no competition anywhere in our squad really. MF may be an exception but it's more about who is less of a liability. The poison and sense of entitlement is typified by Debuchy who showed no fight whatsoever.

 

[BBF]

http://arsenalist.com/f/2015-16/arsenal-vs-norwich-city/you-can-t-make-this-giroud-stuff-up.html

Look at how Özil and Alexis react to Giroud falling over. They're gone if we don't replace him.

I don't think there's much in that at all, but they definitely really dislike playing with him. I can see genuine hatred in Özil's body language (nice meme) when he ****s up.

 

[baccy_man]

I can see Giroud getting sent off with all the diving around that he does i noticed him go over twice that could have got him yellow cards in the game yesterday.

 

[Makingtrax]

Yet Giroud and Ramsey walk into the team when fit and stay on the pitch regardless of how **** they've been playing

Yeah that's weird. It's as if Wenger is trying to get them back to form by playing them through their dip. It's a bit of a crucial time time of the season to be doing that. Still if the other teams keep f***ing up we'll still make top 4 . . yawn.

 

[Makingtrax]

Personally, I'm all for fierce competition within our squad, mate, but not mismanagement of the players. Recently against Watford, for example, Campbell had an assist while Walcott had a goal, yet we had Giroud starting for the past 3 matches after Welbeck's form had dropped off a bit.

To some extent the same can be said of Ramsey decision ahead of Coquelin, in my opinion.

Can't wait for Santi to come back, the pairing with Coquelin worked best for me. Ramsey is not disciplined enough and out of form at the moment. Giroud's just lost it.

 

[Makingtrax]

Your theory being that Alexis should try to be as dire as Giroud?

Theory being that our players should have more fight and determination. But maybe not this much.

 

[Gooner n Proud]

Yeah that's weird. It's as if Wenger is trying to get them back to form by playing them through their dip. It's a bit of a crucial time time of the season to be doing that. Still if the other teams keep f***ing up we'll still make top 4 . . yawn.

You know what I think it is Wengers continuing to play Giroud and Ramsey to give them a chance and see if they can redeem themselves from the absolute under par performances from both in the middle of the season.
Personally I dont think Ramsey in centre midfield works for us given the system we try to play, just doesn't have that refined technical ability or awareness of space required. Right now Coquelin-Elneny is the best partnership but I'd also like to see Wilshere-Coquelin.

 

[Gooner n Proud]

It will be interesting to see Wenger's starting line-up and his usual 70th-minute mark substitutions in the remaining games, methinks.

Alexis obviously gave his gaffer the cold shoulder just before he hit the tunnel and I'm quite certain he was very upset that he was subbed off instead of Giroud who was simply our poorest attacking players on the field at the time.

Despite the talk of unity, Wenger was unhappy with Özil's 'we've mucked up' comment; now we have this. Both players are clearly not enjoying it here at the moment and, in my opinion, their respective situations are being handled badly by Wenger.

I thought Alexis was almost as poor as Olivier yesterday as he kept holding on to the ball too long as usual, was needlessly dispossessed on a few occasions whilst him coming deep too collect the ball just congests and narrows our play too much especially when his partners are Iwobi, who likes to cut inside and Giroud who lacks pace.
This is my criticism of Arsène, he gets the balance so wrong at times leading to toothless and stale performances against relegated-bound Norwich and Sunderland.

 

[Makingtrax]

I thought Alexis was almost as poor as Olivier yesterday as he kept holding on to the ball too long as usual, was needlessly dispossessed on a few occasions whilst him coming deep too collect the ball just congests and narrows our play too much especially when his partners are Iwobi, who likes to cut inside and Giroud who lacks pace.
This is my criticism of Arsène, he gets the balance so wrong at times leading to toothless and stale performances against relegated-bound Norwich and Sunderland.

The balance isn'good to be honest and we seem to be lacking players that can take people on. Alexis can at times but looked tired yesterday. The rest seem incapable atm. Wilshere can run past a player when he's fit and so can Santi with quick feet - we've missed them. Walcott used to be able to, using his speed but he's dropped out of sight!

 

[Gooner n Proud]

The balance isn'good to be honest and we seem to be lacking players that can take people on. Alexis can at times but looked tired yesterday. The rest seem incapable atm. Wilshere can run past a player when he's fit and so can Santi with quick feet - we've missed them. Walcott used to be able to, using his speed but he's dropped out of sight!

You know its not even about just players,widemen that take on the fullbacks but also forwards that move off the ball, see the space in behind opponents defence and stretch player. Walcott is capable of doing this better than many attackers on his day but for various reasons this season he hasn't been able to consistently emulate his level from years gone by.